Laura Hyun Yi Kang(born 1967) is a Korean-American scholar and writer. Kang is a professor of gender and sexuality studies in the School of Humanities at University of California, Irvine. Kang holds a B.A. in ethnic studies and English from UC Berkeley and a Ph.D. from UC Santa Cruz. Selected works Traffic in Asian Women, Duke University Press, 2020 Writing Self, Writing Nation: A Collection of Essays on Dictee by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Third Women Press, 1994 (co-author) Compositional Subjects: Enfiguring Asian/American Women, Duke University Press, 2002 Echoes upon Echoes: New Korean American Writings, Temple Univ Press, 2003 (co-author) Conjuring "Comfort Women": Mediated Affiliations and Disciplined Subjects in Korean/American Transnationality, Journal of Asian American Studies - Volume 6, Number 1, February 2003, pp. 25–55 Awards Association of Asian American Studies Book Award in Cultural Studies 2003 UCI Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research 1998 References Living people 1967 births American writers of Korean descent University of California, Santa Cruz alumni University of California, Irvine faculty